Mice with Vietnam’s COVID-19 Vaccine in 2nd Phase Produce Antibody Response

Mice injected with Vietnam’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for the second-phase test produced antibody responses, revealed Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (VabioTech) Chairman Do Tuan Dat. M.S. Mac Van Trong from VabioTech stated that local researchers need at least from nine to 12 months to produce the final vaccine, noting that the production of a vaccine within 18-24 months will the first-ever magical thing in Vietnam’s vaccine production history. Local researchers stated that the vaccine project is aimed at not only producing the vaccine but also increasing Vietnam’s active role in vaccine production. VabioTech is one of the current four units licensed by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) to carry out the COVID-19 vaccine research and the first to test its potential COVID-19 vaccine on mice. Earlier on February 20, Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF) under the Vingroup Big Data Institute (VinBDI), the research arm of Vingroup JSC (HOSE: VIC), granted VND8 billion for the VabioTech to develop the vaccine in labs. (Giao Duc Thoi Dai, Giao Duc Thoi Dai)